Clothes-line prop.



WILLIAM F. BRIGGS, OF BRISTOL, RHODE ISLAND.

CLOTHES-LINE PROP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 17, 1907.

Application filed August 21,1906. Serial No. 331,518.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. BRrGGs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bristol, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes-Line Props, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in the improved construction of the means employed for holding the clothes line tightly in the notch formed at the upper end of the prop.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1, represents a side view of a folding clothes line prop, embodying my invention, the said prop being shown in its extended condition. Fig. 2, represents an edge view of the same. Fig. 3, represents a full side View of the prop when in its completely folded condition. Fig. 4, represents an edge view of the same. Fig.5, represents an enlarged detail edge view, showing the button as turned to cause the release of the clothes line from the holding notch. Fig. 6, represents a section taken in the line 6, 6, of Fig. 5. Fig. '7, represents an enlarged detail side view, showing the movable jaw opened. Fig. 8, represents the same with the movable jaw closed. Fig. 9, represents a top end view showing the transverse holding notch, and the movable jaw.

In the drawing, A, represents the upper member of a folding clothes line prop, and B, the lower member, the said upper and lower members being jointed to each other by means of the pivot pin 0. The extended condition of the prop is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the folded condition in Figs. 3 and 4.

The upper end of the upper member A, of the prop, is provided with the transverse notch D, for holding the clothes line E, the upwardly extending prong a at one side of the notch D, being made of less length than that of the upwardly extending prong b, at the opposite side;

the prongs a and b, are provided at their inner sides with the grooves c and d, which serve to receive the turned end e, of the wire F, which turned end serves to form the movable jaw G, by means of which the clothes line E, is firmly held in the notch D, as shown in Figs. 1 and 7. The connecting wire F, is guided in its movement by means of the wire eye h, and is jointed at the point i, as shown in Fig. 5, to the button H, which latter is pivoted to the edge of the upper member A, at the point 7; and when the button H, is turned to the transverse position, as shown in Fig. 5, the movable jaw G, will be carried to its closed position, as shown in Fig. 8, and when turned, as shown in Figs, 1 and 2, the said jaw will be open. The movable jaw G, button H, and notch D, constitute an improved clamping means for the clothes line and by reason of the shortened condition of the prong a of the pole of the prop, the prop may be readily placed in proper engagement with the clothes line.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a clothes line prop, the combination of the wooden member provided at its ripper end with the interiorly grooved prongs one of which is shorter than the other, the bent movable jaw guided by the said prongs, and a button pivoted to the pole and connected with the jaw, whereby the turning of the button will cause the raising or lowering of the said jaw, substantially as described 2. In a clothes line prop, the combination of the wooden member provided at its upper end with the prongs one of which is shorter than the other, with the Wire rod bent at one end to form the movable jaw and a button jointed to the other end of the rod and pivoted to the side of the pole, whereby the said movable jaw may be operated, substantially as described.

WILLIAM F. BRIGGS.

Witnesses SOCRATES SCHOLFIELD, H. J. Sarcomo. 

